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LOS ANGELES —In support of their long-awaited album “Us and the Night,” multi-platinum-selling group 3 Doors Down embarked on a world tour to bring the album to life both sonically and visually. Leading audiovisual rental company LabeLive provided lighting designer and director Jay Branson of TwoPairCreative LLC with Martin by Harmn MAC Axiom Hybrid, MAC Quantum Profile and MAC Aura fixtures. Branson utilized the fixtures to define a unique stage aesthetic, deliver high-impact lighting experiences and overcome rigging challenges at theaters around the globe.

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[caption id="attachment_275836" align="alignnone" width="800"]Fox Sports LA Studio gets some Fuze fixtures[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – Fox Sports recently refitted Stage B at its Pico Studio in Los Angeles with mostly Elation Professional products including the company’s Fuze Wash Z120, a PAR moving head with 120W RGBW COB LED engine. Victor Fable chose the energy-efficient LED fixtures, supplied by Kinetic Lighting.

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TAMPA, FL — Paul O’Neill, a producer, composer and lyricist who founded Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the mid-1990s and saw its twin holiday tours rise to enormous success, died April 5 in Tampa, FL. He was 61.

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[caption id="attachment_275815" align="alignnone" width="800"]Kari Jobe out on The Garden Tour[/caption]

NASHVILLE — Kari Jobe, a worship pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX, who is also a Grammy nominated singer/songwriter and winner of multiple Dove awards, is touring in support of her fifth studio album, The Garden, which was released in Feb. 2017. 4Wall Nashville provided LD Andy Rushing with the tour rig.

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LOS ANGELES — For the Geffen Playhouse’s 15^th annual “Backstage at the Geffen” fundraiser, lighting supervisor Darren Rezowalli used six Chauvet Rogue R2 Wash fixtures from supplied by Three-Phase Productions and four Ovation B-2805FC batten- style RGBA-Lime fixtures supplied by FP Logistics.

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NASHVILLE — The American Cancer Society recently wrapped its second annual RelayLIVE event April 1, a music festival which advocates “fighting cancer at every stage.” Bandit Lites donated the lighting package at no cost for the outdoor fundraiser, which featured a performances by Arts Fishing Club, Mandy McMillan, Zack Dyer, Tony Winkler, Melissa Mickelson, Ali Morgan, Tyler Jordan and David Adam Byrnes.

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LOS ANGELES — Country music singer/songwriter Cole Swindell is one busy guy opening for Dierks Bentley on the “What The Hell World Tour” and headlining his own dates coast to coast. Production designers Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of SRae Productions have created a system, featuring Claypaky Mythos fixtures and a grandMA2 light console, which does double duty for both of Swindell’s gigs. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. distributes Claypaky fixtures and MA Lighting gear exclusively in North America.

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BOWLING GREEN, KY — For Prather Touring’s six-month 73-city cross-country U.S. touring production of the musical, Pippin, lighting director and production manager Russell Thompson has replaced the company’s old incandescent ellipsoidals with 12 Ovation E-260WW LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

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OAKLAND, CA — On April 1 in his hometown of Oakland, hundreds gathered from all over the country for the Celebration of Life event for Benny Collins, a product/tour manager live event professional who died Jan. 27. The celebration took place at the Fox Theater, courtesy of Another Planet Entertainment who generously hosted the event in the lobby of the theater they helped restore and now manage.

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[caption id="attachment_275741" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Conservatory at MGM National Harbor gets aid from 4Wall[/caption]

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD- MGM National Harbor opened its doors to the public December 8, 2016. Frost Productions was tasked with creating the lighting design for a signature amenity of the MGM National Harbor, a 15,000-square foot Conservatory that greets guests upon arrival. 4Wall DC collaborated with Frost Productions, providing and installing all the fixtures utilized for the project.

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[caption id="attachment_275738" align="alignnone" width="800"]Kansas heads out with Bandit Lites. Photo by Mark Schierholz[/caption]

NASHVILLE – When American rock band Kansas originally announced plans for a 40th anniversary tour of their five times platinum album Leftoverture, the band initially thought it would be a brief ten or twelve show run. One year later, the legendary rock group has had to add another leg to the tour to meet fans’ demands, with dates now stretching into winter of 2017 and featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites.

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